Murray once served in the navy aboard the HMCS Haida. When the order went out for all hands to be on deck, everyone went to work. No one was sleeping, no one was eating, no one was on a break. As you had a specific responsibility as a member of the crew, when all hands were required on deck, you quickly went to perform your task. What happens if people in this situation do not all do their duty fulfilling their roles? The ship may sink and they may all go down.
In the church it is the same. All hands are needed on deck. As Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 12, one person cannot forgo their responsibilities because they would rather not have them and another cannot sleep through the call to service. People can't envy, disregard, or fight with each other or the church will sink as quickly and as surely as a torpedoed ship.
All hands on Deck! You, as a member of the HMCS Church, have been given certain abilities and talents. You are now being called to use them for the good of the crew and the ship, the people and the church. Your obedience to that order from the Captain of our Eternal Ship, is important for the salvation of us all.
How can you fulfill your role as a member of Captain Jesus' crew?
In the church it is the same. All hands are needed on deck. As Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 12, one person cannot forgo their responsibilities because they would rather not have them and another cannot sleep through the call to service. People can't envy, disregard, or fight with each other or the church will sink as quickly and as surely as a torpedoed ship.
All hands on Deck! You, as a member of the HMCS Church, have been given certain abilities and talents. You are now being called to use them for the good of the crew and the ship, the people and the church. Your obedience to that order from the Captain of our Eternal Ship, is important for the salvation of us all.
How can you fulfill your role as a member of Captain Jesus' crew?
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